Shelby Skrhak

Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

5 Great Charles Dilbeck Homes to Kick Off Your Monday Right

By Shelby Skrhak / April 20, 2020 /

Charles S. Dilbeck, for you newbies to Dallas, was a prolific and eclectic architect in Dallas from 1935 to 1969. In a 1979 interview with urban planner Alan Mason, he said he was the first architect to develop a true Texas ranch house. While his peers O’Neil Ford and David Williams were besotted with the Hill Country…

This Updated Dutch Colonial in Highland Park Is a Looker in More Ways Than One

By Shelby Skrhak / April 18, 2020 /

If this home at 3608 Mockingbird Lane in Highland Park feels familiar, rest assured it is. (And not just because you’ve probably driven past it a million times going from “here to there” and back again.) The 1924 Dutch Colonial home with four bedrooms and two and half-baths has many qualities, inside and out, that…

SBA Exhausts Funding for Paycheck Protection Loans, Urges Congress for More

By Shelby Skrhak / April 16, 2020 /

SBA: “processed more than 14 years worth of loans in less than 14 days” 76% of loans have been processed by small/regional banks 49,000 loans totaling $8 billion have gone to real estate subsector Guidelines still murky for independent contractors, who had only four days to apply before funds ran out Talks are underway for…

Real Estate Disruptor Opendoor Slashes Its Staff by 35 Percent

By Shelby Skrhak / April 15, 2020 /

The quarantine economy is hitting iBuyers hard as Inman reported today that real estate disruptor Opendoor has laid off 35 percent of its staff, approximately 600 employees, citing COVID-19’s unforeseen impact on the U.S. economy and housing. “Given the shelter-in-place guidelines, we’ve seen declines in the number of people buying, selling, and moving during this…

Professional Landscape Design Shines in This Kessler Highlands Tudor

By Shelby Skrhak / April 15, 2020 /

This week’s High Caliber Home, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, is proof that everything in life comes full circle. “I’ve been in real estate for 25 years, and this home was one of the first I sold actually,” says listing agent Diane Sherman of Dave Perry-Miller InTown. The updated two-bedroom, two-bath Tudor…